Climbing up the success ladder
hey guys what’s up everybody
my name is rudrash i hope everyone is
safe and sound
firstly i want to thank the organizers
who have allowed me to express myself
on this wonderful platform thank you
so let’s begin um
life’s not easy it’s not
don’t try to make it that way life’s not
fair it never was
it isn’t now and it will never be
struggle is every day every week every
month
every year in our lives
your hustle sets you apart from others
makes you unique makes you one of a kind
you know so today i’m going to talk
about some of my struggles
some of them shaped me to become a
better person
and some kept me awake at night as well
um my mother reinu
she taught me three things in life that
have been stuck to me for the
rest of my life rest of my journey so
first she’s told me
before becoming a great actor you should
be a good human being
you know when i heard that when she told
me that
my my thinking process started changing
and when my thinking process changed my
thought process
started changing and when my thought
process changed my perspective changed
and when my perspective changed the
whole world became a library
to help me become at my become better at
my craft
or or whatever i do you know it may be
you
or i anyone anything will become better
um second
she told me be the way you are
and never change
you know that day i asked myself a
question
i asked myself what is the true
definition of happiness
in your opinion
i thought about it it may be success
it may be more money to get spiritually
sound
helping others to become more famous i
have nothing against these answers
nothing but
the true definition of happiness in my
opinion
is happiness for others
happiness for others you know
when i help someone when i make them
smile
and when they smile back it satisfies
the inner fire
within me the fire of helping others
the fire of the smile back to me
yes third she told me
be water my friend be water
empty your mind be formless
be shapeless
you know when you put water in a cup it
becomes the cup
when you put water in a jar it becomes
the jar
keep flowing transform yourself
according to the change in the
environment
now i’m going to talk about some of my
struggles as i said
few kept me awake at night as well and
12th june 2019
um this falls amongst the most crucial
struggles that i faced across my journey
first we had an audition that day
uh my mom slid her hand inside her purse
and
handed over me her debit card
and she said um please withdraw some
cash from the atm
and i was like fine mom i ran down the
stairs we already have
an atm in our building i inserted the
card put the pin
put the amount it was like 500 rupees
but i took the cash and you know in the
end that slip
comes out which tells you your remaining
balance
i looked at it and was 254 rupees
and reality struck me hard
it put me into deep deep deep thought
but the matter
of fact is that day
my mother made me feel like she had
millions in her account
yes you could say that
we had a very low point in life but we
all do
at some some stage
23rd may 2019
um my mother came to my room and she
said
let’s go to the local supermarket she
had to buy some veggies
i was like yeah and that’ll be fun let’s
go uh
we sat in the auto we went to the we
went to lokenwala
uh she stopped the auto couple of meters
ahead
from the actual supermarket and
she told me to wait inside the auto i
was like okay
uh as soon as she left the auto instead
of going
to the supermarket she went to the shop
and just into it which was a jewelry
shop
and when she when she left home she had
two bangles in her hand okay
and when she came back i couldn’t see
the bangles in her hand
not even in the purse but she had the
veggies
and i couldn’t see it anywhere not even
her hand or
the purse also so
she had sold them
yeah um
i was i was deeply saddened about it you
know
every time i think about that
it’s it’s miserable want to see
happiness in my mother’s eyes not not
seeing that she’s selling her bangles
for
my sister and my myself just to just to
run
you know also um
my my mom comes from a hindi background
and we live in mumbai where everything
is so westernized you know
cultures morals values
ideas thinking everything is so
westernized it’s so
up-to-date so
she she comes from a hindi background
and we live in
india and hindi is our language so
i have noticed in many places
people don’t accept the people who speak
hindi
people certainly don’t expect except
those individuals who speak hindi they
don’t talk to them
and they disrespected my mother
it was so so so bad and it was so
inappropriate but
you know i know but if he’s like to have
the hope of the dream and nobody
believes in it
i know we all are surrounded
with those kind of people who don’t
bring out the best in us
or in you they may be present
in your workplace your building
your school your college anywhere
you know i stumbled upon a very
beautiful coat
and i quote the world ain’t all
sunshines and rainbows
it’s a mean and a nasty place too
what made me say that can you guess
because sooner or later
i realized that
i i encountered several situations
that made me feel that i was
jeopardizing myself
because of others judgment on me
but you know there are a few people in
life
who always bring out the best in you
who always want the best for you
in my case it’s my mother
renu my sister samayra
um chrisa samsa test ma’am
my cushion teacher pronouncer the
crowded boys everyone everyone i meet
they’re incredible um
yes so you know the courage
and significance they give me every day
when i’m in front of the camera
or at home is unparalleled it’s
impeccable
it is so so so so amazing
thank you um
there are two rules that i follow in
life
that i learned through my own
experiences and
taught by my mom first
do everything from the heart
talking to my mother spending time with
my
lovely sister and
learning from my mentors studying my
craft and
which in turn allows me to do everything
straight
from the heart because i love acting
i love giving auditions i learn from
each and every auditions
and the second one is
focus on the present focus
on the moment because you have got
the chance to do something great
in that particular moment so why not
take
undertake the opportunity to do
something amazing to express yourself to
leave that
positive impression in the minds of the
people let’s do this
you know i kept giving auditions
and the next audition and the next
audition and the next audition at the
next audition
then i collected my thoughts i prayed
i prayed i prayed i prayed i prayed
but i continue to fail and fail again
you know failing is inevitable
but as i said some of my struggles
shaped me to become a better person and
i learned from
them because in the auditions few of
moderations in which i failed
or i didn’t pass through i learned from
them
they shaped me to become a better person
you know
yes um just to conclude
i would like to say let’s become
legendary you know let’s become
legendary
let’s focus on the people who love us
not on the ones who left us let’s focus
on the people who believe in
us not on the ones who say
you can’t do it it’s tough leave it just
give up
don’t focus on them focus on the people
who believe
in us and believe in yourself first
listen guys we were born to be ready you
know
we we can we can do a lot of things we
can do wonders
people want to be ready
and i just want to say that be water my
friend
focus on the present be the way you are
and never change
and be a good human being first and
just just never leave the people who
always stick to you
and eliminate those people who don’t
bring out the best in you
and just keep smiling make others laugh
and live life fully and i hope
life keeps surprising you with new
opportunities
and keep it simple and be grateful